Documentary Movies

After comic Tig Notaro is diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, she creates a poignant stand-up set that becomes legendary overnight. She has continued to tour rigorously while inspiring a new generation of survivors.

Exclusive footage reveals the inner workings of the Foxcatcher wrestling facility and founder John du Pont’s descent from philanthropist to murderer and recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.

This documentary depicts 34 year old Lotje Sodderland's struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write after a stroke stripped her of the skills she needs to function.

The film follows Paul Rodriguez and other top skateboarders as they travel all over the world, pushing the limits of what's possible on their skateboards while celebrating the universal bond created by the simple act of the sport.

The documentary is about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. In the darkness of the sea, whales and other marine life depend upon sound to survive, but that is threatened, thanks to humanity!

Fame and celebrity in the 21st century are far more toxic than in the early 1970s. The documentary highlights the life and career of singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, from her musical rise in the 1960s to her battle with alcohol and heroin addiction.

The documentary follows five top baristas as they find themselves pushing the limits of coffee perfection to win the National Barista Championship, a surreal competition where even one mistake is far too many.

The documentary follows a group of elders as they gather in a hunting lodge and recalls the life of Mario “ de’ Marcella”, who was called by hunters "Il Solengo" because that's how they call the lone boar that is cut off from the rest of the pack.

Archaeologist Jodi Magness travels through the city gaining unprecedented access to holy sites and its vast underground network to unravel why this tiny piece of land is sacred to billions of people and how archaeology is uncovering secrets of Jerusalem's past.

Only the Dead is a war story unlike any ever seen. A story of what happens when one ordinary man, Time magazine war correspondent Michael Ware, travels to Baghdad during the invasion. As he tries to find out about a brutal Al Qaeda leader, he receives a tape from Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, and his arguments about how economic inequality has become an entrenched part of Western life are front and centre in this documentary.

Political documentary filmmaker Michael Moore explores the circumstances that lead to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, and more importantly, the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

Slow-paced rehash of Mountain Everest climb scarcely deepened by 3D. Beyond the Edge depicts Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary's historical ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, an event that stunned the world and defined an era.

Thirty years after the worst nuclear catastrophe in history, which sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere, biologist Rob Nelson and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota are the first scientists to be granted unlimited access to the Chernobyl exclusion/danger zone to investigate how the environment and the wildlife have been affected after three decades of radiation exposure.

The documentary centers on the Denver Post’s introduction last year of the Cannabist section, led by Ricardo Baca, the world’s first marijuana editor, as he invents a way to cover a nascent industry for a major daily newspaper, a business model that happens to be struggling with how to reinvent itself.

Shottas For Life is a hehind-the-scenes featurette of "Shottas", an unapologetic raw urban drama about two young men, Wayne (Spragga Benz) and Biggs (Kymani Marley), who grow up together on the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica.

Ride the Tiger: A Guide Through the Bipolar Brain is a one-hour documentary that tells the stories of individuals who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as well as explains how we can possibly pre-empt, fix or rewire our brains back to recovery.

From the stolen legacy of African civilization to the shaping of American and global trends, Bleaching Black Culture examines the continuum of America’s black cultural appropriation and effects on the African American community.